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San Diego Council
of Ski Clubs

SAN DIEGO COUNCIL OF SKI CLUBS

by Ira Lindenfeld,
President
San Diego Council of Ski
Clubs has a great variety of offerings from our unique group of
clubs. Some San Diego clubs
focus primarily on skiing, while
others offer skiing, snowboarding,
racing, biking, hiking and local fun
activities. We offer something for
everyone!
Our goal as a council is to
keep our local skiers engaged and
aware of industry changes and
news. We share anything that affects their snow adventures with
safety, equipment, and resort information with individual club
representatives at our monthly
meetings.
Our council offered some
amazing trips this past year domestically and internationally.
Mike and Eileen Sanford
celebrated their 25th trip to
Aspen by hosting 64 skiers! They
always make this a wonderful
trip and a great way to kick off
the holiday and ski season. Our
thanks to the Sanfords and
Ski.com for their assistance.

Our next stop was Sydney, where
we stayed for four days. During
our time there, we enjoyed an extensive harbor cruise and a visit
to the Sydney Opera House. We
then flew to Queenstown on the
South Island of New Zealand.
Back to Queenstown where we
went to a winery, a sheep shearing demonstration and saw many
other barnyard animals. On to
the North Island to the city of Rotorua, home to the Maori culture.
Our next stop was Auckland,
known for its beautiful harbor
and called the " City of Sails " .
Some of us returned home after
Auckland and others went on to
the Fiji Islands for four nights. A
spectacular trip of a lifetime!!
Alan Godwin led a group to
Big Sky, Montana during FWSA
Ski Week in January 2020 with 36
people. San Diego Council had
several racers participate including Lynn Kramer, Erin Barber, Jeff
Myerson, Julie Mena, Dawn
Nguyen, and Julie Gallardo. Congratulations, racers!

International travel hosted
by the Sanfords included a 28 day
Grand Circle Tour trip in September 2019 to Australia, New
Zealand and Fiji and was enjoyed
by 38 people. The five-night pre
trip was to Melbourne and included the rugged Australian
Outback and the mystical Ayers
Rock. We then travelled to Cairns,
Australia. We went to Hartley's
Crocodile Adventures, where we
had an up-close visit with kangaroos, koalas and crocodiles. The
group travelled to the Great Barrier Reef, one of the " Seven Natural Wonders of the World " , to
experience snorkeling and/or a
semi-submersible vessel. What a
beautiful spot! Next, we visited
the Rain Forest and enjoyed a
boomerang performance at the
Aboriginal Culture Park. Cairns
was a great way to start our adventure!

San Diego Ski Club was
founded in 1935! They own and
maintain a private chalet in Mammoth for their club members. In
the early 1950's club members
transported a World War II Quonset hut to Mammoth. This Chalet
has been expanded through multiple modifications and maintained by annual work parties by
club members and their families.
This is a very dynamic, familyoriented club offering many activities including holiday parties,
Warren Miller ski movie events,
an annual member-appreciation
barbecue, end of year beach party
and potluck in June. The club's
altruistic efforts include: Adopt a
Highway program and contributions to food drives for enlisted
military families. San Diego Ski
Club is open to skiers and snowboarders. They are very proud of
their successful race team.

ABOVE: The Don Diego
Hornblower dinner cruise
is an annual event in San
Diego Bay. This one took
place in 2019. RIGHT: The
SDCSC trip to Australia
included a visit to the
Sydney Opera House.
photos provided by
Ira Lindenfeld

Get Off Your Rockers has
found creative and safe ways to
escape COVID cancellations by
staying connected and offering
outdoor and COVID-free-friendly
activities. In mid-April the club
started ZOOM gatherings to get
reacquainted with our Charitable
members and WEXERS (Wednesday evening exercisers). Those
events kept members engaged
and connected. Since mid-May
we reintroduced our weekly
Monday morning Bike Rides. Soon
thereafter, we added WEXERS,
kayaking, and volunteering at the
San Diego Food Bank. In June/
July we added Long Bike Rides
on Thursdays, and golfing opportunities. We look forward to adding more events as COVID
restrictions lift. Check us out on
Facebook and at www.getoffyourrockers.org!

Diego Humane Society and IFly Indoor Skydiving. They took a bus
trip up to northern California to
board a train and ride through the
Heritage Valley and have lunch onboard. In addition to monthly meetings, monthly dinners at various
locations are held around San Diego
and participants enjoy a few walks
in various locations. As with everyone, COVID has put the club on a
break but it is anxious to get back to
socializing once it is safe. Midweek
ski trips to Mammoth are hosted
with Don Diego Ski Club.
Don Diego Ski Club was
founded in 1959 and is still going
strong, having added 31 new new
members last season. The club celebrated its 60th Anniversary last year
with a cruise around San Diego
Harbor.
Sunday-Friday ski trips are offered every January, February, and
March, where participants enjoy the
uncrowded slopes of Mammoth
Mountain. Year-round activities include hiking, biking, picnics, and
dinners. Check us out: www.skidondiego.org.

Torrey Pines Ski Club members enjoy theatre and music, and
attended several concerts at Symphony Hall including the Farewell Tour of The Chieftains and
an Abba Concert! The club had
their twice a year game nights including the annual Halloween
North Island Snowdrifters:
Game Night with a costume The club was formed over 40 years
contest. Local tours included The ago. Many of the same founding
SeaWorld Research Center, San members are still active in this close-

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